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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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Spot the movie subliminals - Hitchcock's VERTIGO (driving scene)

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Vertigo spirals

Under the Skin - Explained

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

Fallen Angels - Explained

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Dracula, 1931 - Don't look in the mirror

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

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Staff Sketchbook Club 2025-26 April - July

Summer 2026 Examinations

Waveney Valley Transport

Year 9 Options Evening

Dracula podcast

Cover Supervisor

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

IT, COMMUNICATIONS AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN

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Film Studies GCE Vertigo Examinations ZEN Auteur Spectatorship Old Hollywood SOTD Assessment Vacancies Screenplay Aesthetics Harleston Letters Mocks Cinematography Spike Lee Editing Captain Fantastic Hartismail Revision British Gallery

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